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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

No. 7 St. Bonaventure (21-8, 9-5 A-10) vs. No. 10 Saint Louis (11-18, 5-9 A-10)

DATE: Friday, March 5, 2010
SITE: Show Place Arena
LOCATION: Upper Marlboro, Md.
TIP-OFF: 5:30 p.m. ET
LIVE STATS: www.Atlantic10.com
LIVE VIDEO: www.Atlantic10.com
LIVE AUDIO: www.GoBonnies.com
Talent: Shannon Shepherd (Color) & Kevin Clark (PxP)
SERIES: St. Bonaventure leads 3-2
LAST TIME: January 9, 2010
St. Bonaventure 75, Saint Louis 63
UP NEXT: with a win, vs. Dayton
Saturday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m.

BONA Bullets

• St. Bonaventure finished in a four-way tie for fourth place with Duquesne, Charlotte and Saint Joseph's, but did not own a tiebreaker over any of the teams and received a seventh seed
• Seven/Ten Match Up - The Bonnies enter the No. 7/No. 10 match up on Friday for the fourth time in the past four years. In 2007, the No. 10 Bonnies upset No. 7 UMass 63-60 in the first round. In 2008, No. 10 Rhode Island beat No. 7 St. Bonaventure 61-49. Last season, No. 7 Bona beat No. 10 Saint Joseph's 72-65, to advance to the quarterfinals.
• Senior Dana Mitchell became the first women's basketball player in Bona history to have her jersey retired after leading the Bonnies to a 78-46 record through four years. She is second all-time scoring with 1,934 points and made field goals with 718.
• The Bonnies finished 5-3 in conference road games to set a program record besting the four A-10 road wins from the 1990-91 season when Bonaventure beat UMass, Rhode Island, Rutgers and Duquesne on their own courts.
• The Brown and White have hit at least one three-pointer in 191 consecutive games dating back to 2004. The last time the Bonnies failed to convert a three-point basket in a game was on February 14, 2004 against Temple.
• St. Bonaventure has beaten nine Atlantic 10 foes by double-digits. The Bonnies had six combined double-digit conference wins in the past four seasons.
• TOP 10 in the nation - In the March 1 NCAA statistics, the Bonnies ranked in the top-10 in the nation in four categories - fifth in free-throw percentage (80.3), ninth in scoring defense (52.7), seventh in three-point percentage (38.5) and in turnovers per game (13.6).
• With the win at Rhode Island, the Brown and White set a program-record with 21 regular season victories, breaking last year's record of 20 wins.

HEAD COACH Match Up
ST. BONAVENTURE HEAD COACH
Jim Crowley
@ St. Bonaventure: 131-160 (10th year)
Overall: 170-208 (13 years)
vs. Saint Louis: 3-2

SAINT LOUIS HEAD COACH
Shimmy Gray-Miller
@ Saint Louis: 53-93 (Fifth year)
Overall: Same
vs. St. Bonaventure: 2-3

DAYTON HEAD COACH
Jim Jabir
@ Dayton: 113-101 (Seventh year)
Overall: 333-324 (23 years)
vs. St. Bonaventure: 4-3

Scouting the Billikens
Saint Louis enters the tournament winning three out of its last four games including an upset of now fourth-seeded Charlotte on Feb. 18. Three players are averaging double digits with Lauren Woods' leading the way with 13.9 ppg. Amanda Kemezys is third in the A-10 in rebounding grabbing 9.3 per game and just set the single-season rebounding record with 269. She has also averaged 14.2 points in the last five games. Saint Louis is 1-3 in Atlantic 10 tournament games since joining the conference in 2005-06.

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 0-3 on March 5 dating back to the 1986-87 season - the last season that has actual dates recorded. The Bonnies last lost to La Salle 50-45 in the 2004 Atlantic 10 Tournament.

Series Note
The teams have split the series with each team winning on its own court. This will be the first time the teams meet on a neutral floor.

LAST TIME against the Billikens
The Bonnies defeated Saint Louis in the conference opener this season 75-63. Sophomore Megan Van Tatenhove missed the game due to injury, but redshirt sophomore Armelia Horton filled her abscence, hitting a career-high 18 points, scoring 12 of them from the line. Dana Mitchell led all scorers with 22 points and classmate Andrea Doneth pitched in a season-high 12 points only missing one basket (5-for-6) and two at the line and also dished out a team-high four assists. The difference maker was the Bonnies' advantage from the free-throw line, as the A-10's leading foul-shooting team was 28-of-35 to the Billikens' 16-of-21.

We're going STREAKING
The Bonnies are on a four-game winning streak, marking the first time since their 11-0 start to have won more than four games in a row. The longest in program history was the 11-0 mark to start the season.

Not-so LEADING SCORERS
St. Bonaventure held its last three opponents' leading scorers to under their double-figure averages. Richmond's Brittani Shells and Duquesne's Samantha Pollino were held to two points while Rhode Island's Megan Shoniker scored nine.

From DOWN TOWN
Sophomore Jessica Jenkins has hit at least two three-pointers in 19 games this season. She sits in fourth in single-season three pointers made with 76 needing just two more to claim third.

The “SOPH”-ter side of things
Sophomore Megan Van Tatenhove is second on the team in scoring (11.6) after posting six team-high point performances. The Wisconsin native set a career-high 28 points against Quinnipiac.

Under PRESSURE
The Bonnies scoring defense ranks ninth in the nation and first in the Atlantic 10 allowing 52.7 points per game. St. Bonaventure has held 20 of its opponents to under 60 points.

Seeing DOUBLE
Senior Dana Mitchell broke a 10-year old record and now has 109 double figure scoring games through her career to sit first on the all-time list. Hilary Waltman is now in second with 98.

BUZZER to BUZZER
The team has led wire to wire nine times this season and have won by an average of nearly 22 points

From the LINE
St. Bonaventure made more free throws than its opponent attempted for the ninth time this season at Duquesne. The Bonnies made 25-of-30 at Rhode Island while the Rams only had four tries.

LEADING Scorers
Dana Mitchell, and sophomores Megan Van Tatenhove and Jessica Jenkins lead in scoring. The Bonnies have not finished a season with three double-figure averages since 2001-02 when Courtney Mattingly, Gellaine Clarke and Melissa Fazio averaged double-digits.

Going LONG
The Bonnies have made four or more three-pointers in 24 out of their 29 games. They scored a season-high nine at Quinnipiac and against Buffalo.

WINNING the second 20
In the second half, the Bonnies outscored their opponents in all but seven games. In three of their eight losses, they actually outscored their oppenents in the second 20 minutes.

MOVING on Up (in the books)
Preseason All-Conference first team selection Dana Mitchell moved into the second spot on the all-time scoring list after scoring 20 points against George Washington. She now has 1,934 points and trails the top spot held by Hilary Waltman by 172 points.

Scouting the Flyers
Dayton enters the Championship on a three-game winning streak and posted its best finish in A-10 action earning a No. 2 seed and a first round bye. The Flyers leading scorer, Justine Raterman, is the only player averaging double-digits despite Dayton ranking second in offensive output in the A-10 (71.4 ppg) as the Flyers have a consistent 10-player deep lineup. Sophomore Patrice Lalor ranks third in the A-10 in assists per game (4.1) while classmate Casey Nance is first in blocks with 2.0 per game. In conference play, two of Dayton's losses were at the hands of regular season champion Xavier.

This Day in BONA BASKETBALL
The Bonnies are 1-4 on March 6 dating back to the 1986-87 season - the last season that has actual dates recorded. The Bonnies won on this date last season against Saint Joseph's in the opening round of the A-10 Tourney.

Series Note
The Flyers are the only team to have beaten the Bonnies by double-digits this season. The only meeting between the two teams in the A-10 tourney was in the 1998 opening round when Bona defeated the Flyers, 82-69.